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Crucial Comix

@crucialcomix.bsky.social

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A cartoonist-run small press. We publish narrative nonfiction comics and offer affordable comics-making classes. 💅

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Crucial Comix @crucialcomix.bsky.social · Jan 28

Crucial Comix is all about skill-sharing, accessibility, and experimentation. We are a small press that aims to be always evolving so we can be a relevant and reliable resource for artists. ✨ Our pitches are always open. Our classes are all offered sliding-scale. Our comics are all free to read. ✨

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Crucial Comix @crucialcomix.bsky.social · 1d

New class announcement: Queer economies of care. How do queer folks keep each other alive, fed, housed, and laughing—especially when the system isn’t built for us?https://www.crucialcomix.com/product/queer-economies-of-care-comics-edition/

Queer Economies of Care: Comics Edition

Queer survival and resilience are the heart of this class focused on zine-making and collaborative comics.

www.crucialcomix.com

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Crucial Comix @crucialcomix.bsky.social · 2d

New class: Raising and Drawing Our Kids Through Chaos is for anyone with young kids in their life who wants to make comics about navigating this difficult political era. www.crucialcomix.com/product/rais...

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Darren Vogt @darrenvogtart.bsky.social · 19d

Look what's fallen off the shelf and rolled all the way on over to Crucial Comix!! One of my proudest, and most unhinged comics!

Crucial Comix @crucialcomix.bsky.social · 19d

Ravioli Unraveled: The comic essay no one asked for about that commercial where the can of raviolis follows that little girl home. By @darrenvogtart.bsky.social www.crucialcomix.com/comic/raviol...

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Crucial Comix @crucialcomix.bsky.social · 2d

New comic: Sobriety has been a lonely road, but I made it out alright. // By @danielgwilson.bsky.social www.crucialcomix.com/comic/cranbe...

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Crucial Comix @crucialcomix.bsky.social · 9d

New comic: As a mental health researcher, hope often feels unjustified when the reality of our brains is so complicated. www.crucialcomix.com/comic/connec...

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Crucial Comix @crucialcomix.bsky.social · 19d

Ravioli Unraveled: The comic essay no one asked for about that commercial where the can of raviolis follows that little girl home. By @darrenvogtart.bsky.social www.crucialcomix.com/comic/raviol...

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Crucial Comix @crucialcomix.bsky.social · Sep 3

Crucial Comix is one year old today! We're celebrating our birthday by starting a Patreon, so we can be financially sustainable for the long haul. ✊ Check it out and thanks for supporting independent artists: www.patreon.com/c/CrucialComix

Since we launched a year ago, we've run 33 workshops and classes, published 64 comics, paid cartoonists $6473, and paid artists $18000 to teach comics classes. Nice work!

What's next? We're starting a Patreon to cover the cost of running the site, to pay our editors, and to have a larger budget for publishing more nonfiction comics. We're in this for the long haul!

In prioritizing payments to artists, we haven't been paying our editors (Audra and Shay) for running the publication. We want Crucial to be sustainable and not flame out like so many independent media outlets.

Comics are rooted in collaboration, in sharing your weird, wild voice without censorship or control. The funding comes from our community—that's you.

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Crucial Comix @crucialcomix.bsky.social · Sep 3

New comic: Creative Spark by @egogala.bsky.social - As an artist, I use all kinds of technological tools. So why does AI feel distinctly repulsive to me? www.crucialcomix.com/comic/creati...

Kristen reaches out from a pixelated version of herself. The title of the comic reads "Creative Spark: As an artist, I use all kinds of technological tools. So why does AI feel distinctly repulsive to me?"

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In These Times @inthesetimes.com · Aug 28

"Comics have no walls nor borders."

A powerful new anthology brings together 60+ cartoonists to support Palestine & fight despair with collective imagination.

Free to read.

Attached comic by Julia Mata

inthesetimes.com/article/pale...

A comic-style illustration shows a woman with a bun, earrings, and a serious expression pointing. Speech bubbles express criticism of Zionists. The tone is candid.

A person sits on a couch, lacing shoes, expressing confusion about historical misuse of the Holocaust. Warm tones, thoughtful atmosphere.

A woman with a bun hairstyle stands by a door, holding a key. Speech bubbles express themes of oppression, inspiration, and heartbreak for Palestine. The tone is contemplative.

Three people with diverse appearances holding signs and raising fists, shouting "Viva Viva Palestina" in a speech bubble. The tone is supportive and empowering.

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Crucial Comix @crucialcomix.bsky.social · Aug 28

New comic by Tenli Yavneh: My mother had a long decline due to dementia. Reading her diaries after she passed helped me reconnect with who she was. www.crucialcomix.com/comic/dear-d...

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Crucial Comix @crucialcomix.bsky.social · Aug 21

Want to learn about editing comics? Our comics editing class is now up for fall! In this interactive five-session class, practice editing nonfiction comics while also improving your own. www.crucialcomix.com/product/edit...

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Crucial Comix @crucialcomix.bsky.social · Aug 21

In "The Last Soviet Artist" published by @nplusonemag.com, cartoonist Victoria Lomasko documents the bravery of Belarusian protests in 2020. Read an excerpt here: www.crucialcomix.com/comic/a-trip...

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Crucial Comix @crucialcomix.bsky.social · Aug 21

For cisgender people, gender-affirming care is just called "healthcare." A reflective comic by Al Benbow: www.crucialcomix.com/comic/why-wo...

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Crucial Comix @crucialcomix.bsky.social · Aug 13

A beautiful new comic by Joy Alicia Raines shares her deep feeling of loneliness—and how a group of strangers helped her reconnect to the world. www.crucialcomix.com/comic/fighti...

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Rachel DL @racheldl.bsky.social · Aug 7

Thank you @crucialcomix.bsky.social for publishing my first comic in over a year! I wrote this in 2024, before I became a full-time wheelchair user. It's about bureaucracy disabled people must navigate to get basic needs. The sentiment remains the same.

@graphicmedicine.bsky.social #graphicmedicine

Crucial Comix @crucialcomix.bsky.social · Aug 7

Artist Rachel Lichtman reflects on the dehumanizing process of having to share details of her private life just to get an ADA bus pass. #graphicmedicine www.crucialcomix.com/comic/yield/

A person holds up a sign that says Yield as the artist Rachel is surrounded by question marks. Headline reads: Yield - to survive as a disabled person, I have to give away so much of myself.

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Crucial Comix @crucialcomix.bsky.social · Aug 7

Artist Rachel Lichtman reflects on the dehumanizing process of having to share details of her private life just to get an ADA bus pass. #graphicmedicine www.crucialcomix.com/comic/yield/

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Crucial Comix @crucialcomix.bsky.social · Aug 5

Chronic Illness Comics Club is a free monthly #graphicmedicine meetup for people making art about chronic illness. This Sunday's theme: "Mapping Your Chronic Illness" hosted by @zareenc.bsky.social RSVP here: www.crucialcomix.com/product/chro...

A smiling mug of tea and mason jar full of drawing supplies.

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Crucial Comix @crucialcomix.bsky.social · Jul 29

A new comic explores the surreal and mundane experience of going into a treatment program for depression and anxiety—and how even having hope feels like a victory. www.crucialcomix.com/comic/its-no...

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Junnie Lannes @erosoxide.bsky.social · Jul 20

Hey I made this!!

If you’re interested in exploring concepts of character bleed in roleplay and how it can relate to gender identity, give it a look!

#ttrpg #dnd #larp #larping #roleplay #comic #indiecomic #nonfiction #memoircomic

Crucial Comix @crucialcomix.bsky.social · Jul 17

New comic by Junnie Lannes: Roleplaying games helped me realized I'm trans. A game like D&D can be a safe place to find new sides of yourself. www.crucialcomix.com/comic/charac...

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Crucial Comix @crucialcomix.bsky.social · Jul 17

New comic by Junnie Lannes: Roleplaying games helped me realized I'm trans. A game like D&D can be a safe place to find new sides of yourself. www.crucialcomix.com/comic/charac...

Crucial Comix @crucialcomix.bsky.social · Jul 14

To fight pollution, in 1989 Mexico City passed a law to limit the number of cars on the road. How did that turn out? 🚗 New comic by @merfishcomics.bsky.social www.crucialcomix.com/comic/hoy-no...

Crucial Comix @crucialcomix.bsky.social · Jul 2

"Sometimes I feel like my brain is only half mine." A powerful memoir comic about having OCD: www.crucialcomix.com/comic/ocd-an...

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Kane Lynch @kaneicaruslynch.bsky.social · Jun 19

MAKE YOUR DANG COMIC, the sliding scale online comics class for adults, returns this August, from me and @crucialcomix.bsky.social !

Our class last Fall was really lovely and I can’t wait to begin our new session!

Hit me up if you have questions!

www.crucialcomix.com/product/comi...

Photograph of P-nut the cat surrounded by comics supplies. Text says, “Make your dang comic! A weekly online class for adults from Crucial Comix, taught by Kane Lynch. Tuesday at 5 pm Pacific, Aug 12 to Sep 30.”

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Crucial Comix @crucialcomix.bsky.social · Jul 2

A gorgeous new comic about family, land, and protest against mining in Arizona by artist Ree Artemisa. www.crucialcomix.com/comic/the-la...

The land is an ancestor we refuse to abandon

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Crucial Comix @crucialcomix.bsky.social · Jun 18

Resharing this important comic in light of today's Supreme Court decision on #Skrmetti

Crucial Comix @crucialcomix.bsky.social · May 21

Gender-affirming care isn't called "gender-affirming care" when it's for cisgender people. It's just called "healthcare." New comic by Al Benbow: www.crucialcomix.com/comic/why-wo...

Comic title: Why Wouldn't I Want That? Gender-affirming care for trans people is hotly debated, but for cisgender people, it's just called "healthcare.”

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